13-letter words containing n, o, t, i, f
- friction feed — (printer) A method some printers and plotters use to move paper by rotating one or both of a pair of spring-loaded rubber-coated rollers with the paper sandwiched between them. Friction feed printers are notorious for slipping when the rollers wear out, but can take standard typing paper. For printers with a sheet feeder, friction feed is more appropriate than sprocket feed which requires the holes in the paper to engage with the sprockets of the feed mechanism.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
- frighten into — If you frighten someone into doing something they would not normally do, you make them do it by making them afraid not to do it.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- function room — a room designated for official or formal social gatherings or ceremonies
- function word — a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalize — to make functional.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- geoscientific — relating to geoscience
- ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
- habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- hash function — (programming) A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
- horrification — That which causes horror.
- hottentot fig — a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- in despite of — in spite of
- in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- in the act of — while committing: crime, transgression
- in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
- in the pay of — If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- inertia force — an imaginary force supposed to act upon an accelerated body, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the resultant of the real forces
- infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
- inferiorities — Plural form of inferiority.
- inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.